Xiang LI JHE-370, Chem. Eng. Dept., McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada 1-905-522-9140 ext. 22008 ◆ [email protected]

OBJECTIVE I would like to attend the Pan American Advanced Studies Institute Program on Process Systems Engineering in August 2005. I hope to learn new ideas and knowledge in PSE and communicate with the excellent students and researchers through this program.

EDUCATION 9/2003 – Now Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Department, McMaster University, Canada Research Topic: Robust MPC for Process Control and Supply Chain Optimization GPA: 11/12. 9/2000 – 3/2003 M.S. in Systems Engineering Department of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China Dissertation: “Process Systems Optimization Based on Automatic Differentiation” GPA: Overall, 3.86/4.0, Major, 3.97/4.0. 9/1996 – 6/2000 B.S. in Industrial Automation Department of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China GPA: Overall, 3.90/4.0, Major, 3.97/4.0.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1/2005 – Now Chemical Engineering Department, McMaster Universtity, Hamilton, Canada, Teaching Assistant for Optimization in Chemical Engineering. 9/2003 – 12/2003 Chemical Engineering Department, McMaster Universtity, Hamilton, Canada, Teaching Assistant for Advanced Laboratory Skills. 3/2003 – 7/2003 National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Automation, Hangzhou, China Research Technician. 9/2000 – 3/2003 National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Automation, Hangzhou, China Research Assistant. 6/1999 – 6/2000 Institute of Systems Engineering, Zhejiang University, China Research Assistant. Summer 1998 Baoshan Steelworks, Shanghai, China Summer Internship.

PROJECTS 9/2002 – 7/2003 Research and Development of Operations Optimization Software for Industrial Processes National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, No. 2002AA412110. 1/2002 – 7/2003 Chemical Process System Optimization Based on Automatic Differentiation National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 20276062. 1/2001 – 9/2002 Distributed Parallel Computing in Chemical Process Optimization National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 29906010. PUBLICATIONS ♦ Li, Xiang, Shao, Zhijiang & Qian, Jixin (2004), Module-oriented automatic differentiation in chemical process systems optimization, Computers and chemical engineering, 28, 1551-1561. ♦ Li, Xiang, Shao, Zhijiang & Qian, Jixin (2004), Complexity analysis for hybrid differentiation in process system optimization, 8th international symposium on process systems engineering. ♦ Li, Xiang, Shao, Zhijiang, Zhong, Weitao & Qian, Jixin (2002), Polycondensation process optimization based on hybrid automatic differentiation, Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering (China), 53(11): 1111-1116. ♦ Li, Xiang, Zhong, Weitao & Qian, Jixin (2001), Automatic differentiation in chemical engineering process optimization, Acta Petrolei Sinica (Petroleum Processing Section, in Chinese), 17(6): 79-83. ♦ Li, Xiang, Zhong, Weitao, Shao, Zhijiang & Qian, Jixin (2001), Applying extended automatic differentiation technique to process system optimization problems, Proceedings of the American Control Conference 2001, 4079-4084. ♦ Shao, Zhijiang, Li, Xiang & Qian, Jixin (2003), Hybrid differentiation algorithm in chemical process system optimization, Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering (China), 54(10): 1397-1402.

AWARDS AND HONORS 2002 Huawei Scholarship, First Class Graduate Scholarship 2001 Guanghua Scholarship, Excellent Graduate Honor 2000 Excellent Graduate Student 1999 First Class Undergraduate Scholarship, Excellent Undergraduate Honor 1998 Kuaiwei Scholarship, Second Class Undergraduate Scholarship, Excellent Undergraduate Honor 1997 Second Class Undergraduate Schoarship, Excellent Undergraduate Honor, Excellent English Learning Prize, Excellent Social Practice Honor

REFERENCES ♦ Dr. Thomas E. Marlin, Professor Director of the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC) Phone: 1-905-525-9140 ext. 27125 E-mail: [email protected] ♦ Dr. Christopher L. E. Swartz, Associate Professor Phone: 1-905-525-9140 ext. 27945 E-mail: [email protected]